Taking a Break From All Your Worries

"Taking a Break From All Your Worries" An episode of the Re-imagined Series
Episode No.	Season 3, Episode 13
Writer(s)	Michael Taylor
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Director	Edward James Olmos
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US airdate	2007-01-28
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Population	41,403 survivors
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Overview

Baltar is rigorously questioned about his past and what the Cylons know about Earth. Meanwhile, both Kara Thrace and Lee Adama struggle with their feelings for one another and are forced to make a decision about their respective marriages.

Questions

• What is the nature of Chief Tyrol's worries? Does he really have marital problems with Cally?
• What is going to happen to Caprica Six aboard Galactica?
• What will the civilian reaction be once it is known that Baltar was captured?
• Will Apollo and Starbuck keep their vows to their respective spouses from this point on, or will there be another intimate encounter between the two?
• Why did Galatica have the experimental interrogation drug that Adama spoke about?
• What secret is Gaeta afraid of Baltar revealing to the Fleet?
• If Gaeta had intended to kill Baltar, why didn't he attempt to stop the soldier from performing CPR on Baltar and keep him alive?

Analysis

• Baltar, despite extreme stress, various forms of torture, and attempted suicide, maintains a high degree of self-preservation. Even at moments when it appears he is about to confess all of his wrongs, knowing that his life might be in danger, he finds a way to circumvent the questions and redirect them to someone or something else that makes him look to be the victim.
• Adama, during the interrogation session, seems to know more about the capabilities of the hallucinogen than it initially appears when he mentions the drug to Roslin. He appears to have done this type of interrogation before.
• The episode draws connections between Baltar and Roslin and their respective roles, especially in how both have now switched places. For example, Roslin almost word for word quotes Baltar when it comes down to the best interrogation method, using a stick vs. a carrot. The same type of analogy Baltar used with Admiral Cain in "Pegasus".
• This episode displays the darker side of Adama as throughout the episode he is consistently the one to display a bitter streak towards Baltar. He cites many different options and choices that one would consider to be contradictory to his own stances of how humans were to treat each other before. For example, he directly opposed President Zarek when it became known that people were "disappearing" without given a trial (Collaborators). Yet, with Baltar, Adama suggests to Roslin that it is not too late to make him disappear.

Notes

• This is the second episode of the series to be directed by Edward James Olmos. The first was Season 1's "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down".
• With 30 characters, this episode has the longest title of any Re-imagined Series episode to date.
• The title is also a partial quote from "Where Everybody Knows Your Name," the theme song to the television program Cheers written by Gary Portnoy & Judy Hart Angelo. — "Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got./Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot."
• Part of a bonus scene was shown after the original airing of this episode on Scifi Channel and the full scene was made available on SciFi's website. In it, Roslin talks with Caprica-Six after overseeing her transfer to a cell on Galactica, saying that all the Colonials have surmised so far is that Baltar was not involved in the initial Cylon attack. Roslin tries to gain information by promising Six that she won't be executed, but Six counters that Roslin made the same promise to Leoben and broke it (Flesh and Bone). Roslin asks for Six's name and is given it ("Caprica"), and recognizes the authenticity of her feelings for Baltar. Caprica-Six wonders if the Colonials' justice system has withered away along with their conscience and adamantly states that she will not reveal any information unless she is assured that Baltar will receive a fair trial. If he does, she will be willing to be the primary witness and share all the information that Roslin wants to know.

Official Statements

• Tyrol's toast to Lee Adama after discovering Joe's Bar:

Tyrol: To marriage. Why we build bars.

Guest Stars

• Kerry Norton as Layne Ishay